Archive for April 25th, 2018

Al Pacino had his breakthrough as mobster Michael Corleone in the Godfather trilogy and won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Frank Slade in the 1992 filmScentof a Womanand is also known for his starring roles He is also known for starring in Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Heat (1995), Scarface (1983) and Serpico(1973).

He developed a love for acting at an early age and participated in the majority of his school’s productions. As a teenager, he went by the nickname Sunny and developed a reputation as a troublemaker at school.

On this day in 1945, U.S. and Soviet forces met at Torgau, Germany near the Elbe River.

The U.S. Hubble Space Telescope was placed into Earth’s orbit on this day in 1990. It was released by the space shuttle Discovery(below).

Ella Jane Fitzgerald(April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996)

The Queen of Jazz, Ella Fitzgerald, won thirteen Grammy Awards and became a legend for singing "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" and "I’m Making Believe." Her rendition of "Summertime" with Louis Armstrong is considered one of the best collaborations in music history.